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Caravan, Vol. 51, No. 2

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VOL. 51 ; No. 2
CAIRO, THURSDAY, 6 OCTOBER 1972
ONE PIASTRE
Male majority on High Board; over half vote in five hours
by PATRICIA SWANSEY
Elections for the EBgh Board (1972-1973) were held on Saturday. There were ten candidates competing for the five positions on the board.
The High Board, executive branch of Student GrO-vemment, is responsible for all student activities on campus.
Derbas, Sameh Markam and Mohamed Ayesb sought the junior position.
The polling took place in the Office of Student Affairs with a total of more than fifty-one percent of the studentry participating within a five-hour span. It appeared that students were apathetic toward elections. Many students went to the Student Affair office not to vote but rather
RAOUF DERBAS
The winners are :
Nadia Abdalla — 122 votes Tarek Saleh — 229 Nariman Abdalla — 205 Abdel Raouf Derbas — 125 Sameh Makram —199 The High Board is comprised of one graduate, two
NARLUAN ABDALLA
to collect mail or perfrom various other functions.
Once inside, some were persuaded to vote with a percentage of this number submitting blank votes. However, there were 14 votes in exqpss of the fifty-one percent required to insure a valid election.
The winners were announced later in the evening at the Welcome Party on the New Campus patio.
Month of Ramadan starts ne]rt week: class and lunch schedules changing
by SHAHINAZ TALAAT
Kul Sana Wenta Tayeb
If nextweek you are awakened by the loud boom of a cannon, or the staccato beats on a tom-tom in the middle of the night, you must know that Ramadan, the fifth pillar of Islam is here.
At dusk, cannons will boom signaling to the «faithful» to break their fasting. Cannons will be heard again before.dawn heralding the beginning of a new day of fasting.
NADIA ABDALLA
seniors, and two juniors. This year Kamal Fahmy, Nadia Abdalla, Mahmoud Gouda, and Adel Hassanein competed for the graduate position. Amira Fattouh, Tarek Saleh and Nariman Abdallah ran for the senior position while Raouf
TAREK SALEH
Beofer the dawn connon the «mesaharati» will do his rounds in the streets and alleys with loud beats an a tom-tom to awaken those who might have fallen asleep reminding them to take tiieir «suhur», the after-mid-night meal. The «mesaharati» is a man who has lived many years in the neighbourhood and he calls people by their names. Such calls as <AJi : wake up, it is time for suhur,» are familiar.
Very soon, a whole new way of life will take hold of the city-bright light on minarets, children running about with coloured lanterns. New foods such as «konafa» (shreded wheat) and «atayef» (pancakes) will be made and sold on pavements.
’ This new way of life will also be felt at the American unversity in C^ro. Times, schedules, and even lunch breaks will all be changed.
Staff.^members will be on duty from 8.30 a.m. to 3.00 pjn. with their mid*day break tagged on at the end of the day — 4.00 p.m.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, lectures will start at 8.00 a.m. as usual, but each lecture
Lunch at the greedees Restaurant will be served from noon to 3 p.m.
Those observing Ramadan will be able to break their fast from 5 to 8 p.m. instead of the usual 7.30 dinner hour.
But what is Ramadan ? Is it only the abstention from food from dawn to dusk? Is it only the brightly lit minarets and mosques? Is it just the shattering of the night’s silence by a loud booming cannon or the «mesaharati» drum?
Ramadan is more than all that. It is a month of worship, where there is a
night-long festivals are held ... Folklore troupes show off their talents, as the whole atmosphere is permeated by luxurious incense and perfumes...
It is a kaleidoscope colours and movement... vivid... alive and merry... Ramadan is ah this put together, and even more...
Ramadan begins when Moslem Ulama see the Crescent Moon. Also, when Moslem Ulama see the Crescent Moon of the following month Shawwal Ramadan ends.
cLailat el Kadr», the most sacred night on which
A1 — Azhar Mosque from which the Moslem Ulama will see the crescent moon to announce the begin-will be 40 minutes instead i^g of Ramadan, the fifth pillar of Islam. ,
SAMEH MAKRAM
of the normal 50, terminating at 4.40 p.m. istead of 8.00 p.m.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, lectures will start at 8 sharp reducing the 75-minutes lectures by 5 minutes and terminating at 5 p.m. instead of 8.45 p.m.
The bookstore will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. five days a week. Similar changes will also be made i.. the Library hours.
Don’t go to the Gourmet after 4 p.m. The new hours will be from 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
purification of the soul... a the holy Koran was corn-subjugating of the physical municated to Prophet Mo-desires to commands of the hamed, is celebrated on the spirit.... 27th of Ramadan.
It is a month of love and frienship... and the idea of fasting is to discipline the spirit and make the rich appreciate the feelings and hardships of the needy...
On that night Moslems pray so that God may grant their wishes. It is said that at a certain hour the Doors of Heaven open and all wishes are fulfilled.
Ramadan is also a month Once again «kul sana of joy and merriment... In wenta tayeb,* the arab say-popular quarters of the ing wishing everybody city, especially in and health so that they may around A1 Hussein and A1 see this month again and Azhar mosques almost all again.

VOL. 51 ; No. 2
CAIRO, THURSDAY, 6 OCTOBER 1972
ONE PIASTRE
Male majority on High Board; over half vote in five hours
by PATRICIA SWANSEY
Elections for the EBgh Board (1972-1973) were held on Saturday. There were ten candidates competing for the five positions on the board.
The High Board, executive branch of Student GrO-vemment, is responsible for all student activities on campus.
Derbas, Sameh Markam and Mohamed Ayesb sought the junior position.
The polling took place in the Office of Student Affairs with a total of more than fifty-one percent of the studentry participating within a five-hour span. It appeared that students were apathetic toward elections. Many students went to the Student Affair office not to vote but rather
RAOUF DERBAS
The winners are :
Nadia Abdalla — 122 votes Tarek Saleh — 229 Nariman Abdalla — 205 Abdel Raouf Derbas — 125 Sameh Makram —199 The High Board is comprised of one graduate, two
NARLUAN ABDALLA
to collect mail or perfrom various other functions.
Once inside, some were persuaded to vote with a percentage of this number submitting blank votes. However, there were 14 votes in exqpss of the fifty-one percent required to insure a valid election.
The winners were announced later in the evening at the Welcome Party on the New Campus patio.
Month of Ramadan starts ne]rt week: class and lunch schedules changing
by SHAHINAZ TALAAT
Kul Sana Wenta Tayeb
If nextweek you are awakened by the loud boom of a cannon, or the staccato beats on a tom-tom in the middle of the night, you must know that Ramadan, the fifth pillar of Islam is here.
At dusk, cannons will boom signaling to the «faithful» to break their fasting. Cannons will be heard again before.dawn heralding the beginning of a new day of fasting.
NADIA ABDALLA
seniors, and two juniors. This year Kamal Fahmy, Nadia Abdalla, Mahmoud Gouda, and Adel Hassanein competed for the graduate position. Amira Fattouh, Tarek Saleh and Nariman Abdallah ran for the senior position while Raouf
TAREK SALEH
Beofer the dawn connon the «mesaharati» will do his rounds in the streets and alleys with loud beats an a tom-tom to awaken those who might have fallen asleep reminding them to take tiieir «suhur», the after-mid-night meal. The «mesaharati» is a man who has lived many years in the neighbourhood and he calls people by their names. Such calls as